Improved carpet-cleaning machine



Shaking Machine 5.

WALDO H.-Jo'n'DAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR To HIMsELF AND T. JORDAN, oF sAME PLACE. i.

'lMPaovED cAnPET-QLEANING MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,254, dated 'April 5, 1864.

To 'all whom,V it Amay concern.-

Be-it known p p i of .thecity, county, and .State lof New.. York, have invented a new and .I- inprovfed!` Carpetand 11 do. .hereby i declare that the following is"aii'u'lheleartand exact description ,of4 the samg. une being had to the accompanying dra. inaking a part Dlgs,

of this-specification, in which#- Figure'l is a side sectional view-of my ini vention,'takenin the line a'lagFigrZ; Fig. 2,

a plan or top 'view of the same; Fig. 3, a :yer-

tical section .of a portion ot' the same, taken in the line yy, Fig.` 1. i Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the several figures.-

'lhls invention consists in the employment of-a seriesof revolving 'ails orgbeaters, arranged ina 'novel ing cords and rollers,

the latterha'ving. the carpet to be operated upon adjusted around them, all the parts being' soarranged that by the turning of a single shaft the ails or beatgers will-berotated and'niadeto act upon the' carpet while the latter is f moved 'past the former,lso'that the. whole of the'carpet will be' subjected to the action of the beaters.

4',lo enable those skilled in the art .to fully understand and construct-my invention, I will fproeee'd to describe it.

'iA represents a framing, which may be constructed:in anyproper manner to support the working parts 5 and B isa shafnthe bearings ofwhich are at vone sideof the framing A. `This shaft B has a tnbe,0, fitted npon it,to which a series of .circular disks, D, are permanently '.at'tachejd.l .These disks D Aare arranged-in pairs,a's shownin Fig. 2, and be-4 tween the disks of each pair bars E'ar'e se cured by pivots a, said pivots passing through Vonefend ofithe bars near thel` periphcries of the disks D, two ormore bars, E, being secured between each fpairv ofjdisks. The bars E conjstitute lla'ils or beaters,-which, as. vthevshaft B' is'rotated', act upon the carpet. The tube (il shaft B in conse is made-,to turn with the slots cin the tube andl into-the shaft, the oblengslots c, adngittingofa longitudinal adjustmentof G on B,'aswill be understood by re-` F y i Aers-l.A

quence Vof screwsb; passing through oblong ferries-@Fiat 'i um 1, WALDO' H. adamant way, and used with-yield acted upon or beaten passes over the rollers dd fro'm the rollerD to D, or vice versa, accordingto which of said rollers isrotated from the shaft B. The upper roller D isrotated by a cross-belt, e, from' a pulley, f, on'the shaft B, and the lower `roller D is rotated by a straightbelt,;e, from apulley,f', on said shaft. These pnlleysfj" .may be placed loosely on the. shaft B, and Aeither of them, attached thereto by apin, g, laccording to which roll( r Dor'Dl/.is to be rotated, or a simple clutch arrangementrnay befju'sed to ett'ect the same end.

F is a'revolving brush, placed in the upper part of the framing` A, and over which the .carpet El passes.' This brush is rotated by a belt, h, from the shaft B.

Gr represents ay series of cords, which axe placed horizontally inthe framing A, one over the other, and behind the portion of t'hecarpf t Eagainst which the beaters Eact. These cords" G pass through nprightsl iat each side 4of the framing, and are att-ached 'to bars H, between which and .the uprights spiral springs I are interposed, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. These springs l admit ot the bars H yielding to a certain. extent, and 4consequently give a certaindegree pffV elasticity to the cords. The

lails or. beaters E act upon the carpet in the 4mest eliieient-nianner, striking it square or parallel with the carpet, while the cords G,

in consequence of the yielding` movement alv lowed them,y admit ott-he carpet being shaken so as toeiectually deprive it ofdusm l 4I would remark that the ends of the carpet vare secured to a piece of canvas, J, in order to admit of all parts ofthe carpet bein g passed under the action of the beaters, andthe earpet maybe moved` first in one direction' and.,

properly cleansed and By sliding the tube', C on then in the other until freed: 4from dust'.

the shaft By from time totime the-'beaters maybe made. to act upon a'llparts of the earpet. Instead `of the sliding tube C',A the shaft B maybe arrangedfto slide in its bearings, in order to vary the position of theails or beat..

iating shaft, B, and arranged in relation with Witnesses:

2'. The yielding or elastic cords Grapplied yto the framing v A, and arranged in relation with the flails or beaters 'Efsubsta'ntially as ose speciied.`

IVWALDO; H. JORDAN.

Having thus described niy invention, whatA I claim as new, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, isy g 1. V'lheemployment or seof a series of and for the purp fiails or beaters, E, attached thr'ojgh the nne-y dium. of disks D', or their equivalents, to eJ ro- JAS. P; HALL',

the carpet E", to operate in the manner as and.y e

GEO.' W. REED.'

for/the 4purlooee set forth. 

